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The Rockbridge Historical is proud to partner with the Virginia Museum of History & Culture, by hosting the traveling exhibit, "GIVE ME LIBERTY: Virginia and the Forging of a Nation," from September 30, 2025 to October 28, 2025, at the RHS Museum (101 E. Washington St., Lexington, VA).

"Give Me Liberty: Virginia & The Forging of a Nation" will explore the unique and essential Virginia people, events, and sites that helped bring liberty and democracy to a nation. Commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, this exhibit will highlight the complex, diverse, and inspiring Virginia history which is, in fact, America’s story.

"Give Me Liberty" will provide context for the coming of the Revolution in Virginia and brings visitors into the core of the action from 1774 through 1776, highlighting how the American Revolution was a war, and more than a war.

The Rockbridge Historical Society will supplement the exhibit with some of its own artifacts, maps, and interpretation to spotlight related 18th-century developments in Lexington and Rockbridge County, both of which were strategically established in the Shenandoah Valley as a wartime measure in 1778. For more about the exhibit, and related VA250 programming from RHS, see: RockbridgeHistory.org and featured content on Instagram and Facebook pages.